Comedy Kampong
Hood Bar’s standup comedy night Comedy Kampong is back, and its latest edition is a double bill with New York-based Singaporean funnywoman Jocelyn Chia, who’s performed on Sirius FM, and the Philippines’ Orion Perez, who’s played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and our recent Readers’ Choice Awards.
ArtScience Late: Hypermnesia
Shunsuke Francois Nanjo, Kensuke Christophe Nanjo, Nicolas Charbonnier collaborate with well-known Filipino choreographer Eisa Jocson in an interactive piece for this edition of ArtScience Late, ArtScience Museum’s monthly experimental/performance art event. The latter manipulates the installation and soundscape using body heat and movement. Shows start at 8pm and 9pm.
Field Vibes
This Australia Day weekend calls for an outdoor picnic with live music, DJs, a barbecue, beer and a weekend market. There are performers like the Lower East Side (LES) all stars playing reggae, house, disco, funk, motown, soul and the works, as well as DJs like Yadin, Danceman and Andrew M.
Terra Incognita
Local artist Pat Toh really loves walking. In fact, she loves it so much that it inspired her latest performance installation, Terra Incognita. Set to feature at the upcoming M1 Fringe Festival 2015, she looks beyond this very basic act to explore life and loss through the steps taken and the choices made in life.
Chingay
Coinciding with Chinese New Year, this annual street parade sees over 10,000 performers and floats take to the streets. This year’s theme is We Heart SG. To participate, Singaporeans can craft flowers from used plastic bags to represent their good wishes for the nation.
Mr. Turner
In acclaimed English director Mike Leigh’s lengthy biopic of English artist J. M. W. Turner, the titular artist (Timothy Spall, whom millennials will recognize as Peter Pettigrew from Harry Potter) is an ogre through and through, all grunts, callousness and sexual abuse. How can paintings so sublime and beautiful come out of someone so low […]
Charli XCX is coming to Singapore
The singer-songwriter of "Fancy" fame is coming. We can only hope the show doesn't get cancelled.
Charli XCX
The British synth-pop singer-songwriter has been making waves since her debut in 2013 with singles like “I Love It”, although you may know her from the collab with Iggy Azalea in “Fancy”. This time, she’s performing songs from her second album Sucker with hits like “Boom Clap”.
Skip corny Valentine’s Day for a night out with Christina Perri*
We know love isn’t always easy. And if you’re averse to the gooey and traditional V-Day gestures, there’s a great date idea happening a couple weeks later.
Poeme Symphonique for 110 Metronomes
One day in 1962, Hungarian composer György Ligeti got the bright idea to compose a symphony for 100 metronomes. The musical tempo keepers are wound to the max and set to different speeds to create different rhythmic patterns and something that resembles a field of grass. This time, the CFA Music Groups reinterpret the piece […]